A biker cycles along a path in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis. By failing to invest in infrastructure for bikes and public transit, Wisconsin risks losing millennials.

Written by

Bruce Speight
For Gannett Central Wisconsin Media

For the last decade, Wisconsin has been experiencing a "brain drain," with more college graduates leaving the state than staying. Based on what we've learned from numerous recent surveys of millennials, including a new WISPIRG Foundation survey of 530 college students at 14 Wisconsin campuses, one factor could be our crumbling transit infrastructure and lack of driving alternatives.

Growing evidence suggests that young people choose where they want to live largely on the lifestyle and amenities of those communities, and that they gravitate toward more walkable, bike-able and ...